• troed@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    I’m sure New York Times made sure to poll few enough people to get what they wanted with their … checks article

    The margin of error in each state is between four and five percentage points.

    So, Statistics 101, which surely no journalist has ever taken, says we can’t say anything about anyone leading anyone else here.

    Ok then.

    • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      The NYT has its place. NYT polls are crap. Political coverage? Crap. Timely news coverage? Crap. The occasional long-form piece about an obscure musicology journal with only about three dozen subscribers worldwide that’s experiencing some crazy infighting? Stellar.

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        5 hours ago

        Hey, NYT Cooking is fantastic, as long as you cut the recipe in half but keep the original amount of garlic.

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          5 hours ago

          Oh yeah. I can’t speak for all of its spin-offs. Recipe standalone is good. But that’s a hell of a paywall.